The Massachusetts-based Satanic Temple, out of its dissatisfaction with Christian-owned bakeries that decline to make cakes celebrating same-sex “weddings,” is now asking its followers to force bakers to make a cake for Satan. The group says that it came up with the idea in light of the Masterpiece Cakeshop case soon to be considered by the U.S. Supreme Court. “[B]ecause sexual orientation is not a protected
class under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, (whereas race and religion are), there is a good chance that the
right to discriminate against gay couples will be affirmed as a constitutional liberty,” it wrote.Out of the Satanic Temple’s fears that the court will likely rule in favor of the cakeshop, it has asked that those “who feel alienated or oppressed by the privileged status that religion holds over sexual orientation” contact religious bakers and order a cake to “honor Satan.”It asserts that the bakeries will not be able to say no since religion is considered a federally-protected class. READ MORE
